Rolling Back Women's Rights

[rodeodance]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112404Y.shtml

"....Unfortunately, vocal opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republican moderates was not enough to stop the pernicious assault on the rights of millions of women from becoming law in the rush to pass the spending bill. At least Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, won a promise from the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, to permit a direct vote on a bill repealing this measure not long into the new Congressional session. In the meantime, Americans, and American women in particular, are officially on notice that post-election, the Republican war on reproductive rights has entered an ominous new phase."

Rolling Back Women's Rights
The New York Times | Editorial

Tuesday 23 November 2004

Dispensing with legislative niceties like holding hearings or full and open debate, President Bush and the Republican Congress have used the cover of a must-pass spending bill to mount a disgraceful sneak attack on women's health and freedom.

Tucked into the $388 billion budget measure just approved by the House and Senate is a sweeping provision that has nothing to do with the task Congress had at hand - providing money for the government. In essence, it tells health care companies, hospitals and insurance companies they are free to ignore Roe v. Wade and state and local laws and regulations currently on the books to make certain that women's access to reproductive health services includes access to abortion.......

[Demeter]

1. Lysistrata: Call Your Office!

[nofurylike]

2. exactly!

i was just coming to say, remember abstinence.



peace!

[Kikosexy2]

3. Women...

who voted for "moral values"--you're getting what you deserve. Just don't come crying to us "liberals" or "elitist" when the shit hits the fan.

[Winamericaback]

4. Just sent this to my Republican

mother who is staunchly pro-choice and for gay rights. She is a fiscal conservative and thinks chimp will "keep us safe."

I tried to tell her before the election that roe v wade had a very good chance of being overturned during this administration and she told me I was crazy.. maybe now she'll see *sigh*

[PlanetBev]

5. You just explained the whole thing, Winamerica

People really don't believe that this can happen. I've talked to more than a few people who have their heads up their ass about this. It almost was overturned in 1992, but Anthony Kennedy changed his mind at the last second. John Kerry had a chance to bring this up during one of the debates, but he played it safe. I can assure you, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, it will hit people like your mother over the head like a baseball bat.